word | | Judicial branch |
| Supreme | Luxembourg | judicial courts and tribunals (3 Justices of the Peace, 2 district courts, and 1 Supreme Court of Appeals); administrative courts and tribunals (State Prosecutor's Office, administrative courts and tribunals, and the ... |
| Supreme | Macedonia | Supreme Court - the Assembly appoints the judges; Constitutional Court - the Assembly appoints the judges; Republican Judicial Council - the Assembly appoints the judges |
| Supreme | Madagascar | Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; High Constitutional Court or Haute Cour Constitutionnelle |
| Supreme | Malawi | Supreme Court of Appeal; High Court (chief justice appointed by the president, puisne judges appointed on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission); magistrate's courts |
| Supreme | Mali | Supreme Court or Cour Supreme |
| Supreme | Marshall Islands | Supreme Court; High Court; Traditional Rights Court |
| Supreme | Mauritania | Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Court of Appeals; lower courts |
| Supreme | Mauritius | Supreme Court |
| Supreme | Mayotte | Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel |
| Supreme | Mexico | Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (justices or ministros are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate) |
| Supreme | Micronesia, Federated States of | Supreme Court |
| Supreme | Moldova | Supreme Court; Constitutional Court (the sole authority for constitutional judicature) |
| Supreme | Monaco | Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by the monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council) |
| Supreme | Mongolia | Supreme Court (serves as appeals court for people's and provincial courts but rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts; judges are nominated by the General Council of Courts and approved by the ... |
| Supreme | Montenegro | Constitutional Court (five judges with nine-year terms); Supreme Court (judges have life tenure) |
| Supreme | Montserrat | Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia, one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the High Court) |
| Supreme | Morocco | Supreme Court (judges are appointed on the recommendation of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, presided over by the monarch) |
| Supreme | Mozambique | Supreme Court (the court of final appeal; some of its professional judges are appointed by the president and some are elected by the Assembly); other courts include an Administrative Court, customs courts ... |
| Supreme | Namibia | Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission) |
| Supreme | Nauru | Supreme Court |
| Supreme | Nepal | Supreme Court or Sarbochha Adalat (chief justice is appointed by the monarch on recommendation of the Constitutional Council; the other judges are appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the Judicial ... |
| Supreme | Netherlands | Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated for life by the monarch) |
| Supreme | New Zealand | Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; High Court; note - Judges appointed by the Governor-General |
| Supreme | Nicaragua | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly) |
| Supreme | Nigeria | Supreme Court (judges appointed by the President); Federal Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the federal government on the advice of the Advisory Judicial Committee) |
| Supreme | Niue | Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue |
| Supreme | Norfolk Island | Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions |
| Supreme | Northern Mariana Islands | Commonwealth Supreme Court; Superior Court; Federal District Court |